The list has homes from all over the central Arkansas area. This list is intended serve as a resource for the displaced storm victims to search for a new home while they rebuild their lives. This website will be constantly updated as more lists of rental properties available are received.

Arkansas Realtors is also asking any Arkansans that own vacant rental properties in the affected and surrounding areas to send their property information to rentalinfo@arkansasrealtors.com so they can continue to post available properties for storm victims.

PINE BLUFF, Ark.- The Division of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is offering a Principles of Real Estate course for those interested in becoming a realtor. Taught by Richelene Irby-Harris, the 60 hour pre-licensure course will be offered Saturdays and Sundays beginning August 11 on the following dates: 11-12; 18-19 and 25-26 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day in Dawson-Hicks Hall Room 123.

Richelene Irby-Harris, a native of Pine Bluff, graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She later furthered her career by attending Webster University in St.

The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) recently introduced a program that offers a Federal Tax Credit for First-Time-Homebuyers. It is called the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program. The MCC Program is offered by the Internal Revenue Service to encourage borrowers to buy their first home.

For borrowers that qualify, if offers them up to a $2,000 Federal tax credit for each year that the house they are buying is used as their principal residence. To qualify borrowers must be first-time-homebuyers, except in targeted counties; must meet household income limits, which vary by county; and not exceed a purchase price of $225,000. The MCC is not part of the home financing, but rather an incentive the IRS offers to get first-time-homebuyers to buy a home.

“Clean Lines, Open Spaces: A View of Mid-Century Modern Architecture,” a new documentary produced by the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) will premiere tonight at 9 p.m. on AETN.

“Clean Lines, Open Spaces,” produced by AETN’s Mark Wilcken, focuses on the construction boom while the United States recovered from World War II, a time of optimism and hope for the future. Mid-century architects captured these feelings in their bold new designs, many of which reflected the International style that had been developing in Europe since before World War I. This new architecture used modern materials such as reinforced concrete, glass and steel and was defined by clean lines, simple shapes and unornamented facades.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas REALTORS® Association announced that September home sales were 10.28 percent higher than September 2010 while the average price of a home in Arkansas increased by less than 1 percent. For the quarter (July - September), home sales increased 16 percent with the average price of a home in Arkansas decreasing almost 4 percent.

"As the Arkansas REALTORS® Association has been predicting, Arkansas home sales continue to be quite strong," said Amy Glover Bryant, Director of Communications for the Association. "In the third quarter, Arkansas REALTORS® sold a total of 6,671 homes versus 5,719 in the third quarter of 2010. Average prices during that time period were $143,944 compared to the third quarter of 2010 when the average price of a home in Arkansas was $149,430. Affordability and strong mortgage rates are certainly helping to drive this year's improved numbers. We do exp